Coin holding and delivering machine.



. PATENTBD AUG. 7, 1906.

No. 827,985.l

J. W. MEAKER.

GOIN HOLDING AND DELIVERING MACHINE.

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#Unir-run STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. MEAKER, OFIOHICAOO` ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TOMEAKER SALESCOMPANY, A CORPORATION OF M IOHIGAN.

lGOIN HOLDING AND DELIVERING MACHINE'.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug'. '7, 1906.

Application tiled July 20, 1904:. Serial No` 217,318.

.'l'o all whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN W. MEAKER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Ooin Holding and Delivering Machines; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

-This invention relates to a coin holding and delivering orchange-making machine of that kind illustrated and described in UnitedStates Letters Patent No. 790,218, granted to me May 16, 1905, the samehaving a plurality of coin-receiving receptacles or is a view invertical section of a machine embodying my invention, taken through oneof the coin-holding grooves of the machine on the line 1 1 of Fig. 2.Fig.'2 is a face view of one of the coin-receiving grooves and thecoin-ejecting devices associated therewith. Fig. 3 is a detail plansection taken upon line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Figs. 4 and 5 are sectional viewssimilar to Fig. 1, showing changed positions of the parts thereinillustrated. Fig. 6 is a side view of the coin-ejecting lever shown inFigs. 1, 2, and 3 separate from the other parts. Fig. 7 is a face viewthereof. Fig. 8 is a detail sectional view of the coinejecting lever,taken uponline 8 8`of Fig.A 6. Fig. 9 is a detail sectional view of thetop and bottom and corrugated plate which constitute the coin-holdingreceptacles, taken on line 9 9 of Fig. 10. Fig. 10 is a plansection ofthe parts shown in Fig. 9, taken on line 10 10 of said Fig. 9. Fig. 11isa perspective view of part of the corrugated plate. Fig. 12 is aperspective view of one of the connecting-strips by which the top andbottom plates are joined to each other. Fig. 13 isY a perspective'viewof a part of the bottom plate; Fig. 14 is a sectional view correspondingwith Fig. 1, showing a modified construction in means for givingmovement to the coin-ej ecting lever. Fig. 1 5 is a section like Fig. 1,showing still another modification of the coinejecting devices. Fig. 16is a detail front view of the cam-plate shown in Fig. 15. 17 is a detailsection taken on line 17 17 of Fig. 1, showing the connection betweenthe end frame-plate and one of the cross-rods of the machine-frame.

As shown in the said drawings, A indicates one of two vertical parallelend frame-plates, which are rigidly connected with each other bycross-rods, two of which are indicated by A and A2, said endframe-plates and crossrods constituting the main 'frame by which theoperative parts of the machine are supported.

B indicates a top frame-plate, and O abottom frame-plate. Said plates Band OeX- tend across the front of the machine between the endframe-plates with their front margins horizontal and parallel with eachother, the plates being inclined from their said front marginsdownwardly and rearwardly and the front margins of the top plate beinglocated rearwardly of the front margins of the bottom plate. plate whichextends across the front of the machine ,between the said top and bottomplates with its grooves or corrugations eX- tending from its upper toits lower edge, f

said corrugated plate being arranged at an inclination with its uppermargin rearwardly of its lower margin. The forwardly or outwardly facinggrooves of4 the corrugated plate D constitute the coin-holding groovesor receptacles of the machine. The bottoms of said receptacles, by whichare supported the piles of coins placed in the said grooves, are formedby the front marginal part of the bottom plate O, which extends forwardof the lower margin of the corrugated plate and which is provided withcurved notches vlocated severally in front of the grooves and Dindicates a corrugated IOO with transverse slots c c extending inwardlyfrom the said notches for the passage of the coin-ejecting fingers, ashereinafter described.

rI`he top and bottom plates B and C are rigidly attached to thecorrugated plate D, and said three plates are supported on the mainframe of the machine and constitute a rigid secondary frame by which thecoin-ejecting devices are sustained.

Above the forward part of the bottom plate C between the severalcoin-receiving grooves in the corrugated plate D are located verticalpartition-plates E E, which project forwardly from the angles o f saidcorrugated plate between the grooves and are provided at or near theirforward ends with stop lugs or projections e e, which project laterallyfrom said plates E E toward the center lines of the several grooves.Said lugs or projections e e are intended to prevent the delivery at onetime from the lower ends of the grooves (by the action of the ejectingor delivering devices, hereinafter to be described) of more than one ora desired number o-f coins. The lower edge of the stop projection e inthe case of a groove from which it is desired to eject one coin only ata time willbe located at a distance above the top surface of the bottomplate C equal to the thickness of the coin which that particular grooveis intended to receive.. In the drawings the groove illustrated isdesigned for the ejection of one coin, and the lower edge of the stopprojection e is therefore located at a distance above the top surface ofthe bottom plate equal to the thickness of a single coin. If, however,it be desired that two, three, or more coins be ejected at once from thegroove, said stop projection e will be located a distance above the topsurface of the bottom plate equal to the combined thickness of thenumber of coins which are to be ejected at one time from the groove.

As shown in the drawings, -the partitionplates E E are formed in onepiece with and constitute forward, projections upon the lower end ofconnecting-strips E, located in vertical planes parallel with the endframeplate and extending between the top plate B and the bottom plate C.The upper ends of said connecting-strips fit against the lower surfaceof the forward part of the top plate B, and their lower ends fitagainstthe front marginal part of the bottom plate C between the slots c c,while the front margins of said connecting-strips extend into the anglesof the corrugated plate D behind said plate and between inwardly-bentportions thereof, Figs. 9, 10, 11, and 12. Said connecting-strips E areprovided with tongues e, which extend through transverse slots in thetop plate B and are upset or riveted at their ends to fasten the upperend of said connecting-strips rigidly to said top plate. At their lowerends the connecting-stri s E are rovided with 6 b p P 5 similar tonguese2, which extend downwardly through transverse slots c, Fig. 13, in thebottom plate C and which are likewise riveted or upset at their ends tosecure the strip E rigidly to said bottom plate. At the angles betweenthe top edges of the partitionplates E and the forward edges of theconnecting-strips E are formed downwardly-extending notches 63, adaptedto receive the lower marginal part of the corrugated plate, while saidcorrugated plate is provided with notches CZ d, Fig. 11, which extendupwardly from the lower margin of said corrugated plate where the sameintersect the partitionplates, 'so that said parts interfit in themanner clearly shown in Fig. 10.

So far as described the parts of the machine above referred to are madelike the corresponding parts illustrated in Letters Patent No. 790,218,hereinbefore referred to. The parts as herein illustrated, however,embody improved features of construction, as follows: Thepartition-plates E instead of terminating at their forward edges in linewith the stop projections or lugs e are extended forwardly of said lugsand project outwardly from the front edge of the bottom plate C, thepurpose of this construction being to better guide the l' coins and holdthem from any lateral or sidewise movement as they are ejected from thecoin receptacles or grooves. When the par- -tition-plates terminate inline with the stop projections e, the coins are sometimes liable to beretarded at one side or the other as they are thrown outwardly-as, forinstance, by the rubbing of the rough edge of a new coin on the bottomof the stop projection-so as tobe thrown sidewise instead of droppingvertically; but by extending the partitions forward in the mannerillustrated in the accompanying drawings the coins will be guided frommovement as long as they are under the infiuence of the ejecting devicesand no such sidewise throwing of the coins can occur.

Vhen the partition-plate E is extended forward of the lug e in themanner hereinbefore described, I preferably form the lug e by cutting orpunching a hole in the outer end of said plate E and bending the cut-outmetal laterally to form said lug e in the manner clearly shown in thedrawings, Figs. 9 and 10.

As illustrated in said prior application, the notch e3 at the anglebetween the partitionplate E and the connecting-strip E was made of thesame width as the thickness of the plate D and so narrow as to presentdifficulties in shaping the plate by punching. As shown in theaccompanying drawings, I make the notch e3 of considerable width and solarge that it may be punched without difficulty by the punching tool anddie used to give shape to the entire piece. I so shape IOO IIO

the notch as to form adjacent to the top edge of the partition-plate aprong e4, having rearwardly-facing end surface adapted tocontact withthe front face of the plate D. lV also shape the rear margin of the saidnotch near its bottom in such manner as to form projection e5, having aforwardly-facing shoulder adapted for contact with the rear surface ofthe plate D. When the parts-are assembled, as seenl in Fig. 9, therearwardly and forwardly facing .margins of the parts e4 e5 bearagainstthe front and rear surfaces of the plate D, and thereby hold the partsin engagement in the same manner as would a narrow slit or slot wideenough only to receive the lower edge of said plate D.

In order to facilitate the fitting of the parts, the front edge of theconnecting-strip is cut away, so that it will be free from contactwiththe plate D in its part above the notch e3, excepting at the upperend of the strip, where the same is provided with a forwardly-extendmglug c6, which bears or fits against the rear surface of the plate D.

Now referring to the devices for ejecting the coins from the severalgrooves or receptacles, these will be alike for all of thecoinreceivinggrooves, and one only is shown in the accompanying drawings. The mainpart of the coin-ejecting device consists of a pivoted actuating-leverF, arranged with its lower end adjacent to and beneath the lower end ofthe coin-groove and pivoted at its upper end to the top late B, saidlever being arranged to exten at its main or central part behind or atthe rear of the said plate D. By reason of the rearward inclination ofthe said plate D as a whole the lower end of the said actuating-lever Fextends forward'of the pivotal axis of the said lever, so that saidlower end tends to swing downwardly and rearwardly by its own weight orgravity. At its lower or forward end the lever is provided with adepending part or key F', beneath and behind which the finger may beplaced for drawing the actuating-lever forward. Said key F is preferablymade of some considerable weight and desirably of. cast metal, so thatthe gravity of said finger-piece will aid in effecting a rapid or promptbackward movement of the actuating-lever when the latter is released. Aspreferably constructed the said actuating-lever F is provided at itsupper part with a forwardly-bent portion F2, which extends over the topplate B and which is provided with a bearing-aperture to engage ahorizontal pivot-rod G, which extends longitudinally of the top plate Babove the same. Said pivot-rod G may be supported by engagement withapertures formed in upward extensions of the tongues e on some of theconnecting-strips E. The drawings show the said pivot-rod as passingthrough an upward extension e7 of the tongue right angles to the main orbody part of the lever and which extends beneath the bottom plate C andto the forward end of whichthe finger-piece F is attached.v The saidactuating-lever F is shown as extending through 4a guide-slot C', formedin the bottom plate C, said lever having bearing against the side edgesof said slot by which it is held from lateral movement when swinging onits pivot.

On the lower or forwardly-extending part F3 of the lever F is pivoted acoin-ejecting lever H, having at its forward end an upwardly-extendingejecting-nger 7L, adapted to project through the slot c in the bottomplate C. r[he ejecting-iinger is adapted when in its elevated positionto extend far enough above the bottom plate to engage a coin restingthereon, and when it is desired that any one of the grooves should beadapted for the discharge of more than one coin at a time the fingerwill be made long enough and will extend above the bottom plate asuflicient distance to engage two, three, or more coins at once, asdesired. The plate D is provided above the slot c with a notch d for thepassage of the ej ecting-nger, which latter in its forward movementrises through the slot c at a point behind or near the said plate D.Said ej ecting-finger H is pivotally connected at a point between itsends, by means of a pivot-pinf, to the said forwardly'- extending Vartof the actuating-lever, and the rear end) past or rearwardly of thepivotf and is adapted for engagement with a sliding weight I, which ismounted on the actuating-lever and acts to press downwardly on the rearend of the said ejecting-lever, so as to yieldingly hold the forward endof the same, which bears the ejecting-finger at an intermediate point ofits throw. The downward movement of the said weight is limited by a stopon the actuating-lever, and the said ejectinglever is made heavier atits forward than at its rear end, so that when the forward end of thesaid ejecting-lever is free from contact with any other part its rearend will press upwardly against the weight and its forward end willstand at a point between the upper and lower limits of its possiblemovement.

Attached to the lower surface of the bottom plate C at one side of thepath of the forward end of the ejecting-lever H is located a cam-plateJ, arranged in a vertical plane parallel 'with the plane in which theejecting-lever swings. Said cam-plate is provided on its top edge nearits forward end with a camsurface j, arranged parallel with thebottomvplate C, and at the rear part of its top surface of said ejecting-leveris extended IOO IlD

with a downward and rearward inclined camlof the cam-plate, when itsfurther movement surface j. The lower edge of said cam-plate is shapedto form a rearwardly and downwardly inclined surface y'2. Said cam-plateJ is supported from the bottom plate by means of a rigid supporting-armJ, arranged in offset relation, Fig. 2, with the cam-plate andpreferably made integral with the said camplate and with a base-plateJ2, which rests in contact with the lower surface of the bottom plate Cand is preferably secured thereto by extending the tongue e2 on thelower end of the connecting-strip E downwardly through both the bottomplate and said base-plate and riveting the lower end of said tongueagainst said base-plate, Fig. 9. The ejecting-lever H is provided nearits forward end 'with a laterally-extending guide-finger i, Figs. 2 and8, adapted for contact with the upper and lower margins of the saidcamplate J The downward movement of the 'weight I on the actuating-leveris, as before described, limited by a suitably-arranged stop, and saidstop is so located that said weight when resting at the lower limit ofits movement will stand in position to hold the rear end of theejecting-lever so far depressed and its forward end lifted sufficientlyto bring the finger 7L above'the lowermost or rear end of the inclinedtop surface j of the cam-plate J. Said inclined surface y" is located atthe rear of the rear edges of the coins in the receptacle7 so that whenthe finger 7L engages said surface in the forward movement of theactuating-lever the ejecting-nger will be lifted high enough to strikethe rear edge of the lowermost coin before the said ej ecting-fingerreaches the coin. It follows that when the actuating-lever is drawnforward the weight will hold the ejecting-lever in position forengagement of its finger h with the said inclined surface y" of thecam-plate at the beginning of said forward movement, but as the forwardmovement continues the finger will ride upwardly on said cam-surface y"until the ejecting-finger is lifted sufficiently to engage the rear edgeof the lowermost coin in the receptacle and will then slide forwardlyalong the cam-surface y'. The rear end of the ejecting-lever at thistime will be below and free from the weight, while the ejecting-finger Lwill slide or move forwardly through the slot in the bottom plate C andwill move in a path p'arallel with the said bottom plate. The forwardend of the said ejecting-l'ever being weighted or made heavier than itsrear end, said forward end when unrestrained by the cam-plate will tendto drop by gravity until said rear end is brought into contact with thesaid weight, the result being that as soon as the finger h passesforwardly of and is free from the cam-plate J the said forward end ofthe ejecting-lever will drop far enough to bring the said finger belowthe forward end will be arrested by contact of its rear end with theweight. When the actuating-lever is released and allowed to return toits original position or said actuating-lever swings backwar-dly, saidfinger will ride downwardly on the lower cam-surface jg of thecam-plate, thereby depressing the forward end of said actuating-leverand lifting the weight above the stop on which it rests or by which its`downward movement is limited. As soon as said finger 7L has passedrearwardly from the cam-plate J the weight I, acting downwardly on therear end of said ejecting-lever, will lift the forward end thereof untilthe finger 7L is again brought above the level of the rear end of thecam-plate and in position to again engage the rear cam-surface y"thereof in the next forward movement of the actuating-lever.

As a result of the construction above described the actuating-finger onthe coin-eject ing lever will as the actuating-lever is drawn forward bemoved upward until in position to engage the lowermost coin, will thenbe guided in a path parallel with the bottom plate while engaged withthe coin and while acting to push the same from its place beneath thepile of coins, and will after the ej ection of the coins be drawndownward by the action of the lower cam-surface of the camplate, so thatit 'will be entirely free from contact with the lowermost coin in itsbackward movement. The movement of the coin-ejecting finger is thus madepositive and said finger will 4as it is moved forward invariably engagethe rear edge of the lowermost coin regardless of the rapidity withwhich the parts are operated.. Moreover, in the return movement of theactuated lever said finger will be free from contact with the lowermostcoin, and is thus prevented from lifting from place or disturbing theposition of the lowermost coin in the receptacle. In priorconstructions, in which the cam-ejecting finger is thrown upwardly by aspring or weight and rides over the lowermost coin in its returnmovement, the lowermost coin is liable to be lifted and thrown out ofplace by the upward pressure of the finger in such backward movement attimes when one or two coins only are left in the receptacle 3 but by theconstruction herein described liability of such lowermost coinbeing'thrown out of place by the returning 'finger is entirely avoided.

In order that the movement of the lower end of the actuating-lever andthe pivot of the ejecting-lever about the pivot-rod G may have a minimumeffect upon the movement of the ej ecting-finger as the same movesforward in the act of ejecting the coin, it is preferablc that thecentral axis of the pivot-rod G should be located approximately on aline drawn at right angles to the top surface j of lOO TTO

the cam-plate J and passing through the center of the length of suchsurface V 'It is to be noted that the main purpose or function of thecam-plate J is to elevate the ejecting-finger into position to effectits initial engagement with the rear edge of the lowermost coin and todepress said finger so that it will be free from contact with the saidcoin in its rearward movement. lt is not, however, necessary that thetop surface of said cam-plate should be extended parallel with thebottom plate B for any considerable distanceforward of the upper orforward end of the inclined surface j', for the reason that the end ofthe ejecting-nger 7L being nearer the pivot-rod G than the pivot f ofsaid ejecting-lever the ejecting-nger after it has become engaged withthe rear edge of the coin cannot become disengaged therefrom except by adownward and forward movement in a curved path, and as such downward andforward movement will be prevented by its contact with the coin anydisengagement of the said finger from the coin after it has once engagedthe same and has begun to move the coin forward is very unlikely tooccur.

It follows from the above that when the parts are arranged asillustrated the presence of the forward portion of the cam-surface isnot necessary for maintaining the ej ecting- 'linger in contact with thecoin throughout its forward movement. ln other words, said forward partof the surface is not required to secure movement of said ejectingfingerin a path parallel with the bottom plate, for the reason that in theparticular arrangement of the parts shown thefejectingfinger tends toremain in engagement with the coin after it has once been engagedtherewith. It is also to be noted that in the particular arrangement ofthe parts illustrated the jar due to the impact of the actuating-leverwhen it strikes the 'bottom plate in its return or backward movement orthe rebound following such impact has no tendency to throw the forwardend of the ejecting-lever downward, but, on the contrary, tends to throwit upward, and thereby maintain the gu ide-finger 7L above the rear endof the cam, so that there will be no liability of the jarring actionAdue to the arrest of the actuating-lever at the end of its return orbackward movement throwing the said guide-finger into position to passbelow the cam in the next forward movement of the actuating-lever.

Now, referring to the details illustrated in the actuating-lever and theweight thereon, these parts, as herein shown, are made as follows: Thesaid actuating-lever is made of metal bent into U form to give itstiffness and having its side flanges directed forwardly in the mainbody or part of the lever and upwardly and downwardly in the upper andlower forwardly-` extending parts thereof. The ejecting-lever is pivotedto the actuating-lever by means of the pivot-pin f, which extendsthrough the side flanges of the lower forwardly-extending part of theactuatinglever and through upwardly-bent ears or lugs on theejecting-lever. The rear end of said ejecting-lever is bent upwardly andthen rearwardly-and extends through a slot f in the rear part or web ofthe actuating-lever. The forward end of said ejecting-lever is shown asprovided with a lateral extension 71,2, Fig. S, which is added merely togive weight to the forward end of the lever sufficient to hold its rearend pressed upwardly against the weight l. The finger h/ and the lateralprojection h2 extend beneath the bottom plate C at the sides of the slotc, and thus serve to limit the upward movement of the front end of theejecting-lever as the Coinejecting finger moves forwardly through thesaid slot. The weight l is shown as having the form of a flat bar havinga rearwardlyoffset portion l at its lower end, which extends rearwardlythrough a slot f2, formed.

centrally in the web portion of the actuatinglever above the slot f',hereinbefore described. Said slot f 2 forms a guide by which the lowerend of the weight is held or guided in vertical movement. Said weight isprovided at its front edge near its lower end with a downwardly-facingshoulder i, adapted for contact with the lower end of the slot 2 tolimit the downward movement of said weight, as hereinbefore described.The offsetv lower part l of the weight extends down- IOO wardly belowsaid shoulder at the rear of the `actuating-lever, and its lower end isadapted to bear upon the rear arm of the ej ecting-lever H. At its upperend the bar constituting the weight l terminates in anupwardly-extending guide-arm fi, which passes through a guide-slot f3,formed in the web portion of the actuating-lever at its upper end. Saiduide-arm t on` the wei ht is larranged in such position as to bear atits forward edge against the pivot-rod G, while the rear edge of saidarm bears against the inner edge of said notch f3, which said inner edgeof the notch is located a distance rearwardly from the pivot-rod equalto the thickness of the guide-arm, so that the said guide-arm may slideup and down between the pivot-rod and the inner edge of the slot andwill be held or guided. in its movement by said parts.

By the construction described in the actuating-lever, ejecting-lever,and weight l not only may these parts be readily and economically madeby punching and stamping operations, but they require no rivets orfastening idevices to hold them in place other than the pivot f, whichjoins the ejecting-lever to the actuating-lever.

In Fig. 14 I havev shown a modified consuch manner as to tend to throwthe lower end of said lever rearwardly. As shown in said Fig. 14,moreover, instead of using a weight on the actuating-lever to depressthe rear end of the ejecting-lever and weighting the forward end of saidejecting-lever to throw its rear end upwardly I employy two coiledsprings L M, located, respectively, above and below the rear end of theejectinglever H and bearing upwardly and downwardly upon the saine. Thespring L is shown as engaging a forwardly-extending arm Z on theactuating-lever F, the free end of which arm is bent downwardly to forma prong which enters the upper end of said spring, while the spring Mbears against the top surface of the forwardly-extending portion F3 ofthe lever and is engaged by an upwardly-bent prongm thereon. The springsL M are of equal strength or tension and so disposed as to hold thelejecting-lever normally in position with the finger h somewhat abovethe lower rear end of the cam-plate J.

The operation of the device illustrated in Fig. 14 will manifestly bethe same as that hereinbefore described-that is to say, theejecting-finger h is thrown upwardlyby the action of the cam-surface y"as the actuatinglever is drawn forward, and when such finger h passesforward of the cam-plate J the front end of the actuating-lever isdepressed by the action of the spring M, so as to bring said finger 7Lbelow the Jforward end of the lower cam-surface j2, so that in thebackward return of the actuating-lever the forward end of theejecting-lever will be drawn downwardly by the action of the saidcam-surface jg to carry the ejecting-iinger below the lowermost coin.After the finger 7L passes to the rear of the cam the spring L will thenthrow upwardly the forward end of the ejecting-lever and restore thenger h to its original position above the level of the rear end of thecam-plate, when the parts will be in readiness for the delivery ofanother coin.

In Figs. 15 and 16 I have shown still another modification in theconstruction of the coin-ejecting devices, wherein a movable instead ofa stationary cam-plate is used to givemovement to the ejecting-lever. Inthis instance the rear end of the ejecting-lever H is held yieldingly incontact with an upwardly-facing stop p on the actuating-lever F by meansof a downwardly-acting spring P,

said stop being so located that the ejectingfinger h will be heldnormally elevated and in position to engage the lowermost coin in thereceptacle. A cam-plate N is used in this instance, which cam-plate ismounted on a pivot-stud N', attached to a bracket N 2, fastened to thebottom plate by the tongue lon the connecting-strip E. Around saidpivotstud N is placed a coiled spring O, one end of which is connectedwith the cam-plate N in such manner that it tends to throw the forwardend of the cam-plate upwardly and its rear end downwardly. Vhen theactuatinglever F is at the rearward limit of its move- `ment and thecam-plate stands in its normal position with its front end elevated andnear or in contact with the bottom plate C, the forward end of theejecting-lever will stand just below the bottom plate C, and the fingerh of the actuating-lever will be above the level of the rear end of thecam-plate. Said cam-plate in this instance is provided with cam-surfacesn n2, corresponding with the cam-surfaces j f2, hereinbefore described.As the actuating-lever is drawn forward the iinger 7L will strike thecam-surface n, depressing the forward end of the cam-plate through theyielding of the spring O until said finger h passes from the forward endof the camplate, when the,latter will rise or return to its normalposition. In the rearward movenient of the actuating-lever the finger hwill strike the lower surface n2 of the cam-plate and in travelingrearwardly along said surface will depress the front end of theejectinglever until the finger h passes the rear end of the cam-plate,when the springP will return the ejecting-lever to its normal positionwith the ejecting-finger extending above the bottom plate. The partswill then be in position to be again operated as before.

As a separate and further improvement in a machine of the generalcharacter described I provide in connecction with the lower crossv rodA2 of the main frame and the side frameplate A of this frame aconstruction shown in Figs. 1 and 17 and as follows: The end of saidcross-rod, which is preferably of cylindric form, is reduced in diameterto form a stem a, and the said stem is inserted through a hole in theframe-plate with the shoulder a at the base of the stem a short distancefrom the frame-plate. Between said frame-plate and the shoulder on saidrod is located a disk -A3, preferably lmade of vulcanized fiber or likematerial, and which is apertured for the passage of the stem a. Thisdisk is made of sufficient size lto extend below the lower margin of theend frame-plate, so that it will form a foot or support for contact withthe surface on which the frame rests. The end of the stem a, ispreferably riveted at the outside of the frame-plate to secure the endof the rod to said frame-plate and at the IOS IIO

same time to clamp the disk A3 between the shoulder on the rod and theinner face of said end plate.

I claim -as my inventionl. The combination with a coin-holdingreceptacle adapted for the forward discharge of coins from the lower endthereof, of coinejecting means comprising a main lever piv- Qtallysupported at the rear and above the level of the bottom of saidreceptacle, said main lever having at its forward end afingerpiece, apivoted, unbalanced coin-ejecting lever carried by said main lever, anda camplate adapted to act upon the said ejecting means.

2. The combination with a coin-holding receptacle adapted for theforward discharge of coins from the lower end thereof, and provided witha slotted bottom wall, of coinejecting means comprising a main leverpivotally supported at the rear and above the level of the bottom ofsaid receptacle, said main lever having at its forward end aJlinger-piece, a pivoted, unbalanced coin-ejecting lever carried by saidmain lever and provided at its forward end with a coin-ejecting finger,adapted to extend upwardly through said slot in the.

bottom plate, and a cam-plate adapted to act upon the saidejecting-lever.

3. The combination with a coin-holding receptacle adapted for theforward discharge of coins from the lower end thereof, of coinejectingmeans embracing a forwardly and rearwardly moving actuating member, anejecting-'lever pivoted to said actuating member and provided with anejectin '-finger, a cam-plate adapted to act upon said ejectinglever toelevate and depress the ejecting-inger, and means yieldin ly holdingsaid ejecting-lever at an interme ment.

4. The combination with a coin-holding receptacle adapted for theforward discharge of coins from the lower end thereof, of coinejectingmeans comprising a pivoted actuating-lever, an unbalanced ejecting-leverpivotally mounted on the .said actuating-lever and provided with anejecting-finger, a separateweight carried by the actuating-lever andadapted and arranged to act temporarilyon the lighter end of theejecting-lever to depress the latter to a limited extent, and a camplateadapted and arranged to act upon the said ejecting-lever to throw theejecting-iinger thereof upwardly in the forward movement of theactuating-lever and downwardly in the rearward movement of saidactuatinglever.

5. The combination with a coin-holding receptacle adapted for theforward discharge of coins from the lower end thereof, of coinejectingmeans embracing a pivoted actuating-lever, an ejecting-lever pivoted tosaid actuating-lever and provided with an ejectlate point in itsmoveing-finger at its forward end, a weight carr1ed by and movable withthe actuating-lever and adapted to act upon the ejecting-lever to leverfor limiting the downward movement of said weight.

6. The combination with a coin-holding receptacle having a slottedbottom plate on which the coin in the receptacle rests, of coinejectingmeans embracing a pivoted actutating-lever, an ejecting-lever pivoted tosaid actuating-lever and provided with an ejectingfinger adapted toextend through said slot in the bottom plate, a cam-plate havingcamsurfaces adapted, in the forwardl movement of the actuating-lever, tolift the ejecting-finger in the rearward movement of the actuating-leverto depress said finger, and a weight carried by and movable on theactuatinglever, said actuating-lever having a stop to limit the downwardmovement of said weight when the ejecting-lever is at an intermediatepoint in its throw, and the forward end of the ej ecting-lever beingweighted to hold its rear end in contact with said weight.

- 7. A coin-receptacle comprising a corrurated plate, a bottom platewhich extends forwardly from the lower margin of the corrugated plate,partition-plates extending forwardly from the corrugated plate at eitherside of one ofthe grooves therein, above the said bottom plate, saidpartition-plates being provided with laterally-extending stopprojections or lugs, the lower edges of which are above the level of thebottom plate, and said partition-plates extending forwardly past oroutside of the said stop projections or lugs.

8. rPhe combination with a top plate, a bottom plate and a corrugatedplate forming a plurality of coin-receiving grooves or receptacles, ofan actuating-lever, a pivot-rod for the actuating-lever, andconnecting-strips extending between and secured to the top and bottomplates, one of said connecting-strips being extended above said topplate to support said pivot-rod. 1

9. The combination with a top plate, a bottom plate and a corrugatedplate forming a plurality of coin-receiving grooves or'receptacles, ofconnecting-strips at the rear of the corrugated plate, andpartition-plates extending forwardly of said corrugated plate and madeintegral with the connecting-strips, said partition-plates beingprovided with `notches to receive the lower edge of the corrugatedplate, which notches are wider than the thickness of the corrugatedplate and provided with-forwardly and rearwardly facing shoulders forcontact with said corrugated plate.

10. The combination with an end frame- IOO plate7 of a cross-rod havinga reduced part or. my invention I aHiX my signature, in presence steinat its end adjacent to the frame-plate, j

which stern is inserted through and received j 1904.

in the traine-plate and an apertured disk or Washer which is held insaid stem adjacent to l the plate and projects belovsT the lower edge ofWitnesses: said plate to form a foot for the frame. C. CLARENCE PooL,

In testimony that 'I claim the foregoing as GERTRUDE BRYCE.

JOHN W. MEAKER.

of two Witnesses, this 9th day of July, A. D. ro

